Agriculture Business Week

A bamboo rehavilitation and nursery establishment seminar-workshop will be conducted by bamboo expert Romualdo Sta. Ana and the MFI Farm Business Institute (MFI-FBI) from November 26 to 29 in Jala-jala, Rizal.

The seminar comes on the heels of Sta. Ana’s bamboo presentation at the recent Agrilink trade show held at the World Trade Center Metro Manila.

Participants will be taught about the proper care and management of bamboo as a natural resource with a lot of business potential. This will be the third seminar on bamboo rehabilitation organized by MFI-FBI in the Jala-jala Farmers’ Training Center.

MFI-FBI is an operating arm of MFI Foundation, Inc. (formerly Meralco Foundation) that aims to serve as a catalyst for developing agri-entrepreneurship by filling the gap in education in the agribusiness sector.

For more information, e-mail fbi@mfi.org.ph.

A whole day seminar on mushroom production is scheduled this Saturday, October 3, at the AANI Urban Farm at Kingsville Court, Antipolo City. The place is near Sumulong Highway.

Teddy Laurie who is an expert in producing spawns as well as growing the crop will conduct the seminar right at the AANI Urban Farm where he has put up a facility to produce planting materials, particularly fruiting bags of oyster mushroom.

Fruiting bags produced by Laurie are of such quality that they can remain productive for as long as eight months, according to him. Some fruiting bags from other sources usually remain productive for only a few weeks or months.

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